Blackstone said it earned an economic net income - a key earnings metric for U.S. private equity firms that accounts for unrealized investment gains or losses - of $811.6 million after taxes between October and December, up 86 percent from $435.7 million a year earlier.

That translated to an economic net income of 68 cents per share. Analysts had expected Blackstone to post earnings of 64 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. (Reporting by Koh Gui Qing; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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